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Origami Finance (OGMI): tokenomics, risks and score

49/100SCORE · DCaution Grade D, caution

A protocol offering automated leveraged positions in yield bearing assets, managing the borrowing and rebalancing on the depositor's behalf.

What Origami Finance is, and what it does

This is a DeFi protocol. It provides a financial service such as trading, lending or derivatives through smart contracts rather than through a company, so there is no account to open and no one to approve you.

What the OGMI token itself does: It receives a share of the fees the protocol collects, so holding it is a claim on real revenue.

Where it runs: Multi chain. Mechanism: Automated leveraged yield positions. It has been running since 2023, so roughly 3 years.

The facts

TICKER
OGMI
SECTOR
DeFi
CHAIN
Multi chain
LAUNCHED
2023, so around 3 years of operating history
MECHANISM
Automated leveraged yield positions
MAXIMUM SUPPLY
Not fully documented
VALUE CAPTURE
Fee share
UPGRADE CONTROL
Team controlled
VESTING
Not published
LIQUIDITY BAND
Micro cap. Thin, often a single venue or pool. Treat the quoted price as indicative only.

How the score breaks down

track record9/20
tokenomics16/20
transparency15/15
decentralisation5/15
adoption1/15
liquidity3/15

Each dimension is explained on the directory page, and the reasoning behind it is taught in the Academy research process.

Supply and value capture

A hard maximum supply that cannot be raised without the agreement of essentially every participant. A share of protocol fees reaches holders directly, which is the strongest form of value capture available.

The founding team retains control over upgrades or parameters. Ownership is heavily concentrated. A small number of wallets hold enough to determine the price on their own.

Where it is strong and where it is not

✓ Strengths
  • Supply is capped, so holders are not diluted indefinitely
  • The token captures real protocol revenue rather than relying on speculation alone
  • Audited, with published reports
  • Fully open source, so the code can be independently reviewed
✗ Weaknesses
  • Heavily concentrated ownership means a few wallets control the outcome
  • Upgrade control sits with a small group, so the rules can change
  • Thin liquidity. Check order book depth before assuming you can exit

Incident history

No major exploit, collapse or regulatory action on record against this asset.

Our read

Managing a leveraged yield position manually requires constant monitoring, so automation is genuinely useful. It also means depositors take leverage they may not fully understand, since the position is presented as a yield product rather than as borrowing. Supply details are not fully documented.

The main risk

Leverage is presented as a yield product, which obscures the liquidation risk, and supply is not documented.

Before you buy anything

Check the contract address against the project's own documentation rather than a search result or a screener link, since impersonation tokens with identical names and logos are listed constantly. Check the order book depth before assuming you can exit at the quoted price. And write down what would make you wrong before you buy, not after. The Academy thesis module covers why that single habit protects more capital than any indicator.

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